Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

2. Passenger loading. Facilities shall be provided for loading and unloading passengers, and shall be
subject to the review and approval of the Planning Commission taking into consideration the recommendation of the
Transportation Engineer.
I. Driveways and parking areas for nonresidential uses in residential zones.
J. Boarding house in the R-2, R-3 and R-4 Zones.
K. Club and lodge in the R-3, R-4 and R-O Zones.
L. Garden apartments in the R-2 Zone, subject to the provisions of Chapter 28.30 of this Title.
M. Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other similar buildings and facilities for the treatment of human
ailments where facilities are provided for the keeping of patients overnight or longer, in the R-4, C-O, C-P, C-1, C-2
and C-M Zones.
N. Restaurant in the R-4 Zone, provided there is a minimum of one hundred (100) established hotel-motel guest
rooms within five hundred feet (500') from the boundary of the proposed restaurant site. The one hundred (100)
established hotel-motel guest rooms within five hundred feet (500') may be used to support any number of restaurants
within the affected area.
O. Establishment or enterprises which involve large assemblages of people on more than four occasions per
year, including, but not limited to, any open air theater, Certified Farmers Market, street market, trade fair, trade
exchange, recreational or sport center, in the C Zones.
P. Automobile wrecking in the C-M and M-1 Zones.
Q. Car wash, auto polishing, auto steam cleaning establishment in the C-1, C-P and C-2 Zones, provided that
such installation shall be subject to the noise restrictions established in Chapter 28.60 of this Title.
R. State-licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, community care facilities and hospices serving more
than 12 individuals in the A, E, R, and C Zones.
1. STANDARDS.
a. If a new residential care facility for the elderly, community care facility or hospice which is subject
to a Conditional Use Permit includes a staffed congregate kitchen and dining facility providing regular meals to
residents, living units may include modular cooking units without being counted as residential units.
b. If an existing residential care facility for the elderly, community care facility or hospice as of the
effective date of this Ordinance, which is subject to a Conditional Use Permit includes a staffed congregate kitchen
and dining facility providing regular meals to residents, living units may be converted to include modular cooking
units without being counted as residential units under the provisions of a new Conditional Use Permit.
c. If a new or existing residential care facility for the elderly, community care facility or hospice as of
the effective date of this Ordinance, which is subject to a Conditional Use Permit does not include a congregate
dining facility, but does include kitchens in its living units, living units shall be counted as residential units.
d. Recreational facilities and skilled nursing facilities intended primarily for the residents may be
allowed in connection with residential care facilities for the elderly, community care facilities or hospices provided
that such uses are incidental and accessory thereto. The use of the facilities by persons other than residents and staff
may be limited.
2. FINDINGS:
a. For new State licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, community care facility or hospice,
in addition to the findings required under Section 28.94.020, the Planning Commission or City Council on appeal
must find upon a showing of adequate information that:
(1) The facility will generate a demand for resources such as water, traffic, and other public
services equivalent to no more than that which would be demanded by development of the property in accordance
with the underlying zone, and such resources are available in amounts adequate to service the proposed facility.
(2) The intensity of use in terms of the number of people, hours of operation, hours of major
activities, and other operational aspects of the proposed facility is compatible with any neighboring residential use.
(3) The proposed facility shall be able to be converted to a density which conforms to the
residential unit density of the underlying zone. Sufficient land area has been shown to be available to meet the
parking demand of a future use.
b. For existing State-licensed residential care facilities for the elderly, community care facility or
hospice as of the effective date of this Ordinance requesting an alteration or modification, in addition to the findings
required under Section 28.94.020, the Planning Commission or City Council on appeal must find upon a showing of
adequate information that:
(1) The proposal has been reviewed and approved by the City Fire Marshall and the City
Building Official.
(2) The facility will generate a demand for resources such as water, traffic and parking
capacity, and other public services equivalent to no more than that which would be demanded by development of the
property in accordance with the underlying zone, or if existing resource use exceeds the underlying zone, then
resource use shall be equivalent to no more than that of the existing use.
(3) The intensity of use in terms of the number of people, hours of operation, hours of major
activities and other operational aspects of the proposed facility is compatible with any neighboring residential use.
S. Facilities and equipment, not to include offices, used by public utilities or quasi-public utilities, e.g., cable
television, to provide services to the general public in any zone, except for Radio and Television Antennas, Cellular
Telephone Antennas and Emergency Service Antennas and any facilities or equipment expressly permitted in the
zone or authorized pursuant to Chapter 28.93 of this Code.
557 rev. 9/30/08